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Polish women band together to give Ukrainian women car rides to safe refuge
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Spooked by reports that traffickers are waiting at the Ukraine-Poland border, a Polish woman started an all-women car service to drive Ukrainian refugee women and children to homes or shelters.
Poland readies its defense as Russia moves east
Sunday, April 17, 2022
As the war in Ukraine continues, Poles are joining their nation's military and packing shooting ranges in case they need to defend Poland from Russia, despite Poland's membership in NATO.
Krakow, Poland's second-largest city, strains to accommodate Ukrainian refugees
Wednesday, April 06, 2022
More than 150,000 displaced Ukrainians now live in Krakow, increasing the population by 20% in just a few weeks. Now the city is helping them find long-term housing, jobs and spots in schools.
Poland struggles to resettle wave of Ukraine refugees in Krakow
Sunday, April 03, 2022
The population of Poland's second-largest city, Krakow, has grown 20% in the last month as 150,000 displaced Ukrainians have arrived seeking housing, jobs and schools.
Poland says its ban on all Russian oil and gas imports is the most radical in Europe
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
"While others in Europe looked at Russia as a business partner," the Polish prime minister said, "we saw that Russia uses gas and oil as a way to blackmail."
President Biden visits Poland in diplomatic trip to Europe
Saturday, March 26, 2022
President Biden is visiting Poland, next door to Ukraine. He gave a speech to U.S. troops stationed there to raise morale and also met with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Poland's president has made a political U-turn in light of the crisis in Ukraine
Friday, March 25, 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted Poland's Trump-loving conservative populists to unite with U.S. Democrats and European Union leaders: pillars of liberal democracy they have fought for years.
A Slovak man wanted to take donations to Ukraine. He ended up leading a convoy of aid
Monday, March 21, 2022
Alarmed by the humanitarian crisis caused by Russia's invasion, an economist in Slovakia gathered food and clothes from friends — and found himself leading a convoy carrying tons of aid into Ukraine.
Locals in Poland are taking Ukrainian refugees into their homes
Sunday, March 13, 2022
As the U.N.'s refugee agency resists establishing camps in the EU for Ukrainians, Poles are quietly welcoming thousands into their homes.
Poland's history with Russia has inspired some Poles to join the fight in Ukraine
Wednesday, March 09, 2022
Citizen-soldiers are joining Ukraine's new international brigade of foreign fighters. They include Poles who compare Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the Soviet Union's brutal occupation of Poland.
Ukrainian children and families are being taken in by Polish families
Monday, March 07, 2022
Many Polish families are offering temporary lodging for Ukrainians who have fled. Some Poles are fostering Ukrainian children who had been living at a home for orphaned or neglected children.
Secretary of State Blinken visits Poland to discuss further assistance to Ukraine
Saturday, March 05, 2022
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is visiting Poland as Russia continues its assault on neighboring Ukraine.
Many fleeing Ukraine were still rebuilding their lives after the 2014 Russian assault
Monday, February 28, 2022
A Ukrainian family fled their home and now are stuck on the Ukrainian side of the border with Poland in an endless line.
Reservist in Ukraine, with a surprising past, had to decide whether to stay and fight
Friday, February 25, 2022
Yuliya Tolopa grew up in southern Russia but is now a reservist in the Ukrainian army and a hero in her adopted country.
Biden says U.S. intelligence signals Russia has decided it will invade Ukraine
Saturday, February 19, 2022
In the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, shelling has intensified over the past 24 hours, and one government soldier was killed as Russian-backed separatists continue fighting.
The latest on Russia-Ukraine tensions
Thursday, February 17, 2022
NPR foreign correspondents in Kiev and Moscow give updates on the crisis.
Revisiting Donbas, a frontline in Ukraine-Russia crisis
Thursday, February 17, 2022
NPR reported from Donbas just a few weeks ago. We hear the voices of people we met there, after the news that Russia has increased shelling in the area.
A Ukrainian chef's borsch is an act of resistance
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
A chef famous in Ukraine for championing the nation's cuisine sees his cooking as part of the anti-Russian resistance.
The Ukrainian city Lviv has become a de facto safe haven if Russia attacks
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Foreign embassies, expats and Ukrainians fearing a Russian invasion are heading west to Lviv, a jazz-loving city near NATO and EU countries that feels safe from bombs but not from Russian cyberwar.
German Chancellor Scholz is in Kyiv to meet with Ukraine's president
Monday, February 14, 2022
It's the first stop in a trip that will also take Scholz to Moscow. At the same time, the Ukrainian town of Lviv, which is on the Polish border, is preparing for a Russian invasion.